Need a hand picking out the must-have home office essentials for your workspace? The team at Slouch have put together our top ten picks that are game-changers for your productivity.
Without further ado, let’s get into it.
1. Ergonomic desk chair
Comfort is king in your home office. You need something that’s going to support you to do your best work, not distract you or leave you with nagging aches and pains. Enter Slouch’s carefully designed office chairs for the home.
Our engineers have created what we think is the ultimate office chair that blends ergonomic and aesthetic features.
We’re proud to say that our customers and reviewers appear to agree, with over 500+ 5-star reviews on Trustpilot and a best office chair award from T3.
Why not join the thousands of people prioritising their wellbeing and choosing a supportive chair as part of their home office essentials?
2. Standing desk
Pair your new office chair with a standing desk to get the best out of your working day. Reinvigorate yourself by switching between sitting and standing throughout the day.
Wondering is a standing desk is worth it? We’ve rounded up the best benefits to help you understand what you could stand to gain.
3. Multiple monitors & risers
Once you have multiple monitors at the perfect screen eye height for you, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.
If you work with spreadsheets or any other documents that you need to reference while doing another task, a second – or third! – screen is invaluable. It’s the monitor riser or arm that’s crucial here though, as that’s what stops you from straining your neck, helping you maintain good posture.
When setting up, align your primary monitor directly in front of you at eye level, and position secondary monitors at a slight angle. With the right arrangement, you’ll be amazed at how much more efficiently you can tackle your daily tasks.
4. WiFi extender
As jobs shifted from being mostly office-based to home and hybrid and home working, many of us have had to carve out workspace from our homes. This might mean that your home office is in a spare room, attic or garage conversion, conservatory or even a garden module.
Typically WiFi hubs will sit downstairs in the hall or the living room in order to plug into the phone line port. This means that your working space often isn’t as close to your WiFi box as you’d like.
Make patchy video calls and annoying connectivity issues a thing of the past by picking up an inexpensive internet extender.
5. Wrist pad
What ergonomics achieves – or aims to achieve – is harmony between body and environment. This means adding home office essentials into your working routine to make it more comfortable and sustainable and ensure it does you as little damage as possible.
This could be adjustable lumbar support in your chair (which we also handily provide) or a wrist pad to reduce the chances of developing RSI. This extra support means that typing will be more comfortable for longer, as your wrist won’t be overextended.
6. Plants
Sometimes the best home office essentials aren’t tech or gadgets at all. While a plant might not sound essential, just wait until you hear the benefits. Studies have found that introducing a plant to an office causes the people who work there to be 37% less tense and anxious as well as a massive 58% less depressed.
Plants can give a real boost to calm and productivity – and where better to cultivate these than the space you work in every day?
Keep the maintenance low with these indoor potted plants that are notoriously easy to keep alive:
- Snake plant
- Money tree
- Peace lily
- Aloe vera
- Jade plant
Tip: For happy plants, place your desk under a window if you can, to ensure that they get the natural light they need to thrive.
7. Under desk mat
Work in a carpeted office? Consider investing in a mat under your work chair to protect carpet from office chair wheels. Over time, the repetitive action can wear down the pile as well as causing annoying indentations and marks.
Alternatively, if you work at a standing desk, an anti-fatigue mat can provide relief from the aches and pains associated with standing for long hours.
While standing desks can be a brilliant investment in your health, standing for hours can be hard on the body, especially if you don’t know how to stand at a standing desk properly.
An anti-fatigue mat could be the perfect home office essential to keep you feeling fresh and focused all day.
8. Air filter and fan
Creating the optimum conditions for working is a must in our books. One useful extra thing you can do for your health is run a HEPA air filter system. This kind of air filtration typically helps to reduce the amount of dust mites and particulates in the air by around 99%, helping you breathe easier in more ways than one.
It might be an investment purchase but consider the amount of time you spend in your home office – more than likely enough to justify controlling the air quality.
While you’re at it ensure your model includes a fan feature to keep you cool during any Summer heatwaves.
9. USB hard drive
While laptops are hugely convenient for their portability, unless you’ve invested in a top-of-the-range model, the RAM tends to be hugely insufficient. That means that many of us rely on cloud hosting (like Google Drive) to store our files.
The big vulnerability here is hacking. While most people and businesses think it could never happen to them, it can and it does. That’s before considering the possibility of file loss, corruption or theft.
That’s why a USB hard drive is one of our non-negotiable home office essentials. Back up key files to be safe rather than sorry.
10. Filing cabinet
Get your crucial documents sorted and filed instead of taking up valuable desk space and causing visual clutter.
Also, if you’ve been wondering how to organise your messy cables, a filing cabinet could provide a handy solution. A filing cabinet drawer could be a good place to stow around any non-essential cables so that they’re out of sight.
Step up your home office set-up with Slouch
Get your productivity on point with these home office essentials, including a Slouch office desk or office chair, both of which you can browse and purchase on-site.
For more tips, check out our list of office desk essentials for everything you need right on your work surface to make your life that much easier.
Otherwise, if you have any questions feel free to get in touch with our friendly team by filling out this contact form or emailing us at [email protected].
